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The Holy Week in Valladolid is one of the main tourist attractions, and cultural and religious events of
Valladolid Valladolid ( ; ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and ''de facto'' capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the pr ...
and the surrounding
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during
Holy Week Holy Week () commemorates the seven days leading up to Easter. It begins with the commemoration of Triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, marks the betrayal of Jesus on Spy Wednesday (Holy Wednes ...
in Spain. It boasts of renowned
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s, created mainly by sculptors such as
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and
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, who were active when the city served as the imperial court. The city's National Sculpture Museum has a total of 42 images (distributed in the corresponding '' pasos'') for the processions. The Holy Week in Valladolid is known to depict the Passion with great fidelity, rigor and detail. In addition to the artistic and catechetical (instructional) value of its religious imagery, the Week is characterized by devotion, sobriety, silence and respect for the brotherhoods and the public, and by unique acts such as the "General Procession of the Sacred Passion of the Redeemer" and "Sermon of the Seven Words" in the Plaza Mayor, which recalls the '' autos de fé'' (ritual of public penance) of the 16th century. For these reasons, this celebration was declared a Fiesta of International Tourist Interest in 1980 (the first Holy Week celebration in Spain to have such a designation), and in 2014 work began to have it recognized as a representation of
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by
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.


Brotherhoods

The city's twenty brotherhoods (five were historical and the rest were created beginning in 1920) have a total of fifty-nine different '' pasos'', which are described by the brotherhood that owns each of them, and hold a total of thirty-three floats (processions) as well as the "Proclamation" and the "Sermon of the Seven Words".


Processions

The processions begin the Friday before
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and continue until the Sunday of Resurrection. Hundreds of penitents or ''cofrades'' take part in the parades, carrying the ''pasos'' or walking the old streets of the city with crosses, flags or candles. Thousands of people, including locals and visitors attend the events. The silence is only interrupted by the sound of drums and trumpets. The ''pasos'' are the core of the festival. They consist of a wooden sculpture, or group of sculptures, that narrates a scene from the
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. They are carried by porters, who are members of the brotherhoods, on a platform or staves. The processions are organized by ''hermandades'' and ''cofradías'' (religious brotherhoods). Members precede the ''pasos'' dressed in penitential robes with ''
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s'', (tall, pointed hoods with eye-holes). The ''capirotes'' were designed so the faithful could repent in anonymity, without being recognised as self-confessed sinners. Each brotherhood has its own distinct colors, reflected in its members' costumes, that distinguish them from other brotherhoods. The Archbishopric of Valladolid, carefully following the liturgy, has been considering the day of the
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as non-liturgical, and therefore, not suitable for holding processions. Based on this consideration, only a procession of Solitude is held in the morning, with absence of any adornment to the image of Nuestra Señora de las Angustias. The transfer of the Recumbent Christ is held in the afternoon and closes the Passion. Visitors are still waiting for the Resurrection. Special importance is then offer to the Blessed Virgin, a penitential act that is celebrated in the church of Vera Cruz.The great day of the Holy Week finally arrives


The Days of Holy Week

During the Friday and Saturday of
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and into Holy Week itself, the following brotherhoods make their
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s in Valladolid, by the order of precedence of their entry into the main church and by the date of their founding.


Friday of Sorrows

* ''Cofradía del Santo Entierro'' (''Brotherhood of the Holy Burial''). 1930. * ''Cofradía de la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz y Nuestra Señora de los Dolores'' (''Brotherhood of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and our Lady of Sorrows''). 1944.


Passion Saturday

* ''Cofradía Penitencial de la Sagrada Pasión de Cristo'' (''Penitential Procession of the Sacred Passion of Christ''). 1531.


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* ''Cofradía Penitencial de la Santa Vera Cruz '' (''Penitential Confraternity of the Holy Vera Cruz''). 1498.


Holy Monday Holy Monday or Great and Holy Monday (also Holy and Great Monday) (Greek: ''Μεγάλη Δευτέρα'', ''Megale Deutera'') is a day of the Holy Week, which is the week before Easter. According to the gospels, on this day Jesus Christ curse ...

* ''Cofradía Penitencial de la Santa Vera Cruz '' (''Penitential Confraternity of the Holy Vera Cruz''). 1498. * ''Venerable Cofradía de la Preciosísima Sangre de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo'' (''Venerable Confraternity of the Precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ''). 1929. * ''Cofradía de las Siete Palabras'' (''Brotherhood of the Seven Words''). 1929. * ''Hermandad Penitencial de Nuestro Padre Jesús atado a la Columna'' (''Penitential Brotherhood of Our Father Jesus tied to the Column''). 1930. * ''Cofradía Penitencial de La Oración del Huerto y San Pascual Bailón'' (''Brotherhood of the penitential prayer in Gethsemane and of Saint Pascual Bailon''). 1939. * ''Cofradía Penitencial del Santísimo Cristo Despojado, Cristo Camino del Calvario y Nuestra Señora de la Amargura.'' (''Penitential Confraternity of the Blessed Christ stripped, Christ on the road to Calvary, and Our Lady of the Bitterness''). 1943. * ''Hermandad del Santo Cristo de los Artilleros'' (''Brotherhood of the Holy Christ of the artillerymen''). 1944. * ''Cofradía del Discípulo Amado y Jesús de Medinaceli'' (''Brotherhood of the Beloved Disciple and Jesus of Medinaceli''). 2011. One of the newest to be formed, and the youngest brotherhood.


Holy Tuesday Holy Tuesday or Great and Holy Tuesday (, ) (lit. 'Great Third (Day)', i.e., Great Tuesday), also known as Fig Tuesday, is a day of Holy Week, which precedes Easter. As with other days of Holy Week, this day is observed through the holding of c ...

* ''Ilustre Cofradía Penitencial de Nuestra Señora de las Angustias'' ('' Illustrious Penitential Brotherhood of Our Lady of Anguish''). 1536. * ''Hermandad Penitencial de Nuestro Padre Jesús atado a la Columna'' (''Penitential Brotherhood of Our Father Jesus tied to the Column''). 1930. * ''Cofradía Penitencial del Santísimo Cristo Despojado, Cristo Camino del Calvario y Nuestra Señora de la Amargura.'' (''Penitential Confraternity of the Blessed Christ stripped, Christ on the road to Calvary, and Our Lady of the Bitterness''). 1943.


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* ''Cofradía de Nuestra Señora de la Piedad'' (''Confraternity of Our Lady of Mercy''). 1578. * ''Cofradía Penitencial de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno'' (''Penitential Confraternity of Our Father Jesus of Nazareth''). 1596. * ''Cofradía de las Siete Palabras'' (''Brotherhood of the Seven Words''). 1929. * ''Cofradía Penitencial y Sacramental de la Sagrada Cena'' (''Sacramental and penitential Confraternity of the Holy Supper''). 1940. * ''Cofradía del Santo Sepulcro y Santísimo Cristo del Consuelo '' ('Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre and Great Holy Christ of the Comfort''). 1945. * ''Cofradía de Nuestro Padre Jesús Resucitado y María Santísima de la Alegría '' (''Confraternity of Our Father The Risen Jesus and Holy Mary of Joy''). 1960.


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* ''Cofradía de la Orden Franciscana Seglar (V.O.T.)'' (''Brotherhood of the Secular Franciscan Order (V. O. T. )''). 15th century. * ''Cofradía Penitencial de la Santa Vera Cruz'' (''Penitential Confraternity of the Holy Vera Cruz''). 1498. * ''Cofradía Penitencial de la Sagrada Pasión de Cristo'' (''Penitential Procession of the Sacred Passion of Christ''). 1531. * ''Cofradía de Nuestra Señora de la Piedad'' (''Confraternity of Our Lady of Mercy''). 1578. * ''Cofradía Penitencial de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno '' (''Penitential Confraternity of Our Father Jesus of Nazareth''). 1596. * ''Venerable Cofradía de la Preciosísima Sangre de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo'' (''Venerable Confraternity of the Precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ''). 1929. * ''Cofradía del Santo Entierro'' (''Brotherhood of the Holy Burial''). 1930. * ''Cofradía Penitencial de La Oración del Huerto y San Pascual Bailón'' (''Brotherhood of the penitential prayer in Gethsemane and Saint Pascual Bailon''). 1939. * ''Cofradía del Descendimiento y Santísimo Cristo de la Buena Muerte'' (''Brotherhood of the descent and Holy Christ of the Good Death''). 1939. * ''Cofradía Penitencial y Sacramental de la Sagrada Cena'' (''Sacramental and penitential Confraternity of the Holy Supper''). 1940. * ''Hermandad Universitaria del Santo Cristo de la Luz'' (''University Brotherhood of Santo Cristo de la Luz''). 1941. * ''Cofradía Penitencial del Santísimo Cristo Despojado, Cristo Camino del Calvario y Nuestra Señora de la Amargura.'' (''Penitential Confraternity of the Blessed Christ stripped, Christ on the road to Calvary, and Our Lady of the Bitterness''). 1943. * ''Cofradía de la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz y Nuestra Señora de los Dolores'' (''Brotherhood of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and our Lady of Sorrows''). 1944. * ''Cofradía de Nuestro Padre Jesús Resucitado y María Santísima de la Alegría '' (''Confraternity of Our Father The Risen Jesus and Holy Mary of Joy''). 1960.


Good Friday Good Friday, also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday, or Friday of the Passion of the Lord, is a solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary (Golgotha). It is observed during ...

* ''Cofradía de la Orden Franciscana Seglar (V.O.T.)'' (''Brotherhood of the Secular Franciscan Order (V. O. T. )''). 15th century. * ''Ilustre Cofradía Penitencial de Nuestra Señora de las Angustias'' (' Illustrious Penitential Brotherhood of Our Lady of Anguish''). 1536. * ''Cofradía de las Siete Palabras'' (''Brotherhood of the Seven Words''). 1929. * ''Hermandad Universitaria del Santo Cristo de la Luz'' (''University Brotherhood of Santo Cristo de la Luz''). 1941.


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(General Procession)

* All the brotherhoods


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* ''Cofradía del Santo Entierro'' (''Brotherhood of the Holy Burial''). 1930. * ''Cofradía de Nuestro Padre Jesús Resucitado y María Santísima de la Alegría'' (''Confraternity of Our Father The Risen Jesus and Holy Mary of Joy''). 1960.


Easter Sunday Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic: פַּסְחָא , ''paskha''; Greek language, Greek: πάσχα, ''páskha'') or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, de ...

* ''Ilustre Cofradía Penitencial de Nuestra Señora de las Angustias'' ('' Illustrious Penitential Brotherhood of Our Lady of Anguish''). 1536. * ''Cofradía del Santo Sepulcro y Santísimo Cristo del Consuelo'' (''Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre and Great Sant Christ of Comfort''). 1945.


See also

*
Holy Week Holy Week () commemorates the seven days leading up to Easter. It begins with the commemoration of Triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, marks the betrayal of Jesus on Spy Wednesday (Holy Wednes ...
*
Holy Week in Spain Semana Santa or Holy Week in Spain (; ; ; ; ; ) is the annual tribute of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious Confraternity, brotherhoods (Spanish: cofradías) and confraternities that perform penitential processions on th ...
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Fiestas of International Tourist Interest of Spain The title of Fiesta of International Tourist Interest (, , / , ) is an honorary distinction that is given by the General Secretariat of Tourism of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Government of Spain to the fiestas, festivals or ...


Bibliography

* Burrieza Sánchez, Javier (2004). Cinco Siglos de Cofradías y Procesiones. Junta de Cofradías de Semana Santa de Valladolid. Depósito Legal VA. 201-2004. *Varios autores (2005). Memorias de la Pasión en Valladolid. Junta de Cofradías de Semana Santa. Depósito Legal VA. 174-2005. *Burrieza Sánchez, Javier (2005). Guía Histórico Artística de la Procesión General. Junta de Cofradías de Semana Santa. Depósito Legal VA. 809-2005. *Burrieza Sánchez, Javier (2010). Historia de una Procesión: 200 años de la General del Viernes Santo de Valladolid. Ayuntamiento de Valladolid y Junta de Cofradías de Semana Santa. Depósito Legal VA. 229-2010


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